Well I decided to update this at least once more. This first chapter got an abysmal amount of hits, although a decent amount of reviews for the amount of hits it got. I guess my summary sucks.
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Waves continued to crash down, the frigid water flowing up the beach, chilling my feet. I sat in silence now, unsure of what to say. Hinata sits next to me, silent as well.
"When?" I ask quietly, she can barely hear me over the noise of the waves thundering down on the beach. I don't look at her, I can't, I don't know what would happen if I did. I just stare down at my feet, at the water rushing up, washing tiny bits of sand and pebbles in between my bare toes.
"In a week," Hinata responds even softer then me. I can feel her eyes on me, looking to see my reaction. I hear her shift her position, bringing her knees up to her chest so she can hug her legs. She does this a lot; I guess it's comforting for her. "We're moving to the west coast. My dad says he got a better job there and the community is better."
"Oh," Is all I can think to say. All I can think about is how it's unfair for her to leave me like this; I hate myself for thinking this but still, I can't stop these thoughts from going through my head. I know this must be hard for her too, I can tell by the tone of her voice.
I find myself hating her dad even more. I know that chances are he really did get a better job, and maybe there is a better community, but I can't help feeling that he has an ulterior motive. I know her dad's view of me, and it's not positive to say the least. We've been friends for a long time. When we were young she used to live right next door to me and we would spend all of our free time together. When she came home a couple of times with cuts and bruises and once a broken arm, her dad decided I was a bad influence and they moved. They moved when Hinata and I were just eight; that time they just moved across town, to a house that was too far away for me to walk whenever I had a free moment.
I bet her dad had counted on us just forgetting about each other. After all we were both just eight years old, we had only been friends for a few years; we couldn't have developed that strong a bond, right? Much to her fathers dismay we remained friends though. We didn't get to see each other as much as we lived farther away, but there was still school and we could meet up in town from time to time. Her dad knew of course, it wasn't like either of us tried to hide it that we hung out together; it wasn't exactly a scandal or anything.
"So have you told Naruto yet?" I ask, deciding to break the silence that had encompassed the last few minutes. Naruto was her boyfriend. She had liked him for a while, since sometime when we were eleven or so. Hinata is a shy girl though, and she didn't get around to telling him how she felt until sometime a year or two ago, when she was sixteen. They worked well together, I know he treated her well and he made her happy. He didn't like me very much though. For much the same reason Hinata's dad didn't like me, Naruto didn't like me. Bad things tended to happen when I'm around and since Naruto was very protective of Hinata, he didn't like that.
"No," Hinata replied, looking away from me now. "He's out of town visiting his relatives for the weekend, I haven't seen him yet since I've heard."
"Oh," is all I can think of to say still. I feel kind of special because I'm one of the first people Hinata has told, although that doesn't make up for the fact that she's actually leaving. Finally getting enough courage to turn and look at her, I lift my head slowly and peer to my left. Like I thought she's hugging her legs to her chest and her chin is propped on her knees, her eyes starring out to sea. I can't tell for sure, but I think she's crying a little, although it may just be the ocean spray wetting her face.
She's depressed. Even if she isn't crying it's obvious to me that she's feeling really down. I have to do something to cheer her up, although it's hard to do that when you're feeling even lower then them.
"Hinata you want to do something tonight?" I ask her. Naruto would be mad if he knew I was going to bring his girlfriend out, hell he would be mad if he knew she was even sitting here on the beach next to me. But since he's not in town I don't have much to worry about, he won't catch us. "We can go into town or something, maybe get some dinner or just walk around, something like that."
"S-sure," she stammers in response. Even if she didn't want to go she's too nice to say no, especially to me. "I've got to go now though, my dad thinks I just went to the neighbors to get some milk."
I get a short laugh out of this; it's not often that she'll lie to her dad like this. It makes me feel good that she'll do something that's so difficult to her just so she can tell me something. "So I'll pick you up later then." I say as she starts to get up.
"Yeah, I'll see you then," she says back as she gets up and starts to walk away, giving me a weak smile as she does so.
I watch her walk away until she passes over the hill that blocks the beach from the rest of the town and disappears. I turn back to the sea now, needing something that will get these horrible feelings and thoughts out of my mind.
Unlike her I have no one who's going to be worrying about me back at home. My sister ran off and I don't even know where she is anymore. My mom told me to stay in the house, although I bet she kind of hopes that I'll just get sucked out to sea. She'll yell at me when I get back, most people would probably mistake that for worry, although I know she's just venting all her frustrations on me.
I sit and watch the ocean for a while, waiting till the tide starts to rise and it becomes too dangerous, even for me, to stay out there. I get up from my position on the beach, groaning as I stretch out the tight muscles in my legs and back. The sun is starting to set now. As I turn and walk over the small hill I can see the giant ball of orange approaching the horizon in the west.
I make my way over the hill and to the street. I have to hop a small fence that they set up to prevent people from going to the ocean before I'm back on the street, on my way home. I live about a mile and a half away from this place, about twenty minutes on foot if I don't hurry. Hinata lives about three quarters of a mile in the opposite direction, making the total distance between our two houses about two and a quarter miles.
I arrive back at my house just as the sun sets completely, casting the world into darkness. I'm surprised when I find that my mom's car isn't in the driveway, she rarely goes out. All that's left on the small strip is my car, some junker that my mom originally bought for my sister when she was the good child, before she ran off. When she disappeared though, I inherited the heap of metal.
I walk up my front steps and fumble with my keys as I open the door. That's when I realize even if I wanted to, I couldn't drive the car and go pick up Hinata; my mom took my keys. Whenever I got suspended or in a lot of trouble she would take away the keys and just about everything else that had any value to me. I'm not sure if it's because she thought it would teach me a lesson or if she just wanted to torture me. Whatever, I would figure something out. I knew she hid some keys somewhere in the house; I would just have to find them.
As I open the door Akamaru comes bounding from his comfortable spot on the couch and comes to greet me at the door. He licks at my feet and jumps on my legs as I close the door behind me and walk down the short entrance way and into the kitchen. The house is dark and I fumble on the wall searching for the light switch. Before I can find the elusive switch, someone grabs me from behind and pulls me away from the wall.
Instinctively I arch my back to try and get away and slam my elbow back into the unknown person's stomach. Now free I stumble over to the wall and switch on the light before taking a fighting stance, ready for another attack.
"Kiba! What the hell did you do that for?" As the light flickers on I find myself face to face with my sister. She's clutching her stomach now, my hit obviously hurting her. I relax from my fighting stance and grimace at her, both annoyed and shocked that she's home.
"Sorry, I didn't exactly expect someone to try and abduct me like that," I say bitterly as I walk away from her and get something to eat from the fridge. "Why the hell did you do that anyway, did you think I was a robber or something?"
"I thought I'd just surprise you, I haven't been home in a while, I thought you'd be happy to see me," My sister replied, walking over to lean on the counter, watching me grab some jerky from the fridge. "Although based on your tone that doesn't seem to be the case."
"Yeah, well, you can't just run off for a couple years and come back and expect a warm welcome," I spit back at her. I take a bite out of my jerky and chew it thoroughly as I sit down at the kitchen table. I was at the beach almost all day and hadn't eaten anything and had gotten quite an appetite by this point. Akamaru is at my feet now, eyeing my food hungrily, cocking his head slightly trying to look cute so he might get some. I rip off a piece for him and he grabs the piece of meat and walks over to the corner and starts chewing on it.
"You still don't have to be so bitter," she says, still leaning on the counter watching me eat. She sits there for a while as I finish eating, not saying anything else.
"What are you doing home anyway?" I ask, my curiosity getting the best of me.
"I was in town, I thought I would drop by and say hi," she responds. It's not a good enough answer for me but I don't probe deeper, I'm not in the mood to get into an argument with her. I get up, having finished eating, and head to my room. Before I leave the kitchen my sister stops me though. "You mind not telling anyone else I'm here?"
"Yeah, whatever, I don't see why anyone would care," I respond and continue to go to my room. My bedroom is incredibly messy, I just throw my clothes on the floor whenever I change and Akamaru had dragged many of his toys in here, adding to the layer of junk covering the floor. Swiftly, I change out of my dirty cloths and into something that wasn't covered in salt and sand. I don't care for fashion so changing doesn't take long and soon I'm back in the kitchen, looking at my sister.
"Hana, can I borrow your keys to the car?" I ask. It would be easier to just take her set them tearing apart the house looking for mine. Hopefully she'll just give them to me, but knowing her it won't go that easily.
"Where are your keys?" She asks back, not planning on doing something nice without putting up a fight.
"I lost them," I lie, hoping that would be enough, although undoubtedly it wouldn't be.
"Bullshit," Hana laughs back, "You got suspended again didn't you? Mom took them, right?" She's laughing at me now, having easily figured everything out.
"Yeah…" I grumble, figuring it pointless to lie. "Just give me your keys, okay? I'm taking Hinata out into town and I'd prefer not to walk seven miles."
"Oh, so you and Hinata are…?" Hana asked giggling slightly.
"We're just friends," I bark back quickly. "Look, just give me the keys. She's moving and she's really depressed and I want to do something nice for her."
"Oh, she's moving? That's too bad," Hana mocked, knowing this obviously would be a soft spot for me. "So what would you do for me if I give you the keys?"
"I already am doing something for you. I'm not telling anyone you're here," I reply, hoping she'll just give up already. "If you don't give me the keys I'll just have to go tell everyone you're back." I still don't quite understand why she would care if people knew she was here, but if it got me the car keys it didn't matter to me.
"Fine, I'll give you the keys," She conceded. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a key ring with the car key and a few others as well. She removed the car key from the ring and tossed it to me.
"Thanks," I say in a somewhat sarcastic manner. I turn to leave, it's getting late now and Hinata would probably be waiting.
"Kiba," Hana said right as I walked out the door. "Try and be safe."
I scoff at this, "Since when have you cared if I stay safe?"
"Kiba," She continues, getting serious now. "Please be careful."
"Yeah, yeah," I respond, "I'll be as careful as I always am."
I walk out the door now and hop into my car, turning it on and revving the engine a few times before taking off towards Hinata's house. It was kind of strange for Hana to tell me to be careful but I didn't pay much mind to it, she was probably just trying to screw with my head.
I arrived at Hinata's house not too long after. She ran out of her front door almost as soon as I pulled up and got into the passengers seat. She still looked rather depressed, hopefully I would be able to remedy that at least a little by the end of the night.
It was seven miles to town. With my driving we made it there in about ten minutes. I parked the car on a side street just outside of town and Hinata and I made our way into the busy streets. It was a Friday night so there were a lot of people out in town. Hinata and I just walked through the streets for a while, making small talk occasionally but for the most part just remaining quite.
I spent almost all of the night trying to think of something that I could say that would just snap her out of her depression, but my genius failed me. If I were good with words I wouldn't have to resolve all my conflicts with my fists. The whole night I just wanted to reach over and hug her, but I knew that wouldn't help her much in this situation. She would probably feel like she was hurting Naruto, even though it was just a simple hug, and she would become even more conflicted.
We stopped eventually to get something to eat and then stopped after to get some dessert. I had stolen some money from my mom's wallet last night after she went to sleep so I paid for everything, hoping that even that small jester would lighten Hinata's spirits.
By the time we were done with everything it had gotten extremely late and the crowds in the streets started to thin. Hinata and I continued to walk up and down the streets; talking and enjoying what could be one of our last nights together.
"God, these things are so stupid," I say, ripping a poster off a pole as we walked by. The government put up a ton of posters like these, things trying to make you afraid or make you want to work for them. It was just a bunch of propaganda. "I mean just listen to this. 'Your government needs-'"
Boom! I was cut short as not fifty meters behind where Hinata and I were walking, the town hall exploded.
Hope you liked it. Review please! Again, not sure if I'm gonna update and if I do it won't be all that frequently because I want to work on my other fic right now because that has more readers.
Hmm, I think I'm gonna have Shino in the next chapter, although he'll prob be one of the first truly OOC characters (although Kiba's sister was pretty OOC this chapter).